Tech & Innovation
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57430 teams to compete in HiPipo’s 2023 Women in FinTech Hackathon
30 teams from Uganda and Kenya have been selected for this year’s Women in FinTech Hackathon scheduled for August 10-17. The selection...
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971WhatsApp rolls out Channels feature to more countries: Here is what you should know!
Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp on Tuesday announced that it is rolling out channels to more countries including Egypt, Chile, Malaysia, Morocco, Ukraine,...
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1.0KTwitter unveils X logo to replace famous blue bird in rebrand move
Twitter has replaced the social media platform’s famous bird logo with an X as part of owner Elon Musk’s plans to create...
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1.1KHow 23-year-old Atukwatse won $20,000 Seed Funding Capital in NSSF’s Hi-Innovator Program
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Sometime back in 2021, Ms Tracy Atukwatse, a Computer Science graduate accompanied her pregnant aunt to a hospital in Mbarara...
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1.3KUgandan developer invents Shamosbot: A ChatGPT-powered app that answers your questions
Shamosbot is an artificial intelligence chatbot based on OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Language Model. It is an advanced chatbot that is able to communicate...
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3.0KElon Musk’s Starlink targets Ugandan market to revolutionalize internet service
Starlink is currently the world’s first and largest satellite constellation using a low Earth orbit to deliver broadband internet across the globe.
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1.6KMoses Eteku: The illustrious brain behind Shamos Tech Solutions digitalizing companies and organizations
Eteku's story in Tech business begins in 2019 after founding Shamos Tech Solutions Ltd, a startup that was just repairing computers but...
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1.5KMinister Musenero urges innovators to form networks to get govt support
The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero has told Ugandan innovators they must stop working in isolation and rather...
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1.8KHow to Easily Download Any Video from the Internet On a Mobile Phone?
There is no need to go and find some method to do so on the internet. This blog post will enlighten you...
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1.0KFULL LIST: HiPipo unveils nominees of 2022 Digital Impact Awards Africa
The Awards now in their 9th consecutive edition will be held on Friday 18th November 2022 at Kampala Serena Hotel as part...
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978WhatsApp Back to Normalcy After Two Hour Outage, Meta Apologises for “Inconvenience”
At about 10:20 am on Tuesday, WhatsApp stopped working for millions of users in Uganda and globally at and restoration began by...
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1.4KHiPipo: Ugandan fintech company listed in world’s top 20 innovation firms
HiPipo CEO, Mr Innocent Kawooya noted that the ranking is testament to the company’s 18-years’ journey of championing inclusion for everyone.
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946Scientists develop app that detects Covid in your voice faster than PCR tests
The new app could be used to very quickly screen people for the bug before they attend mass events such as concerts...
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1.5KInside WhatsApp’s new feature that allows ‘group admin’ to delete messages for everyone
The new feature, WhatsApp says, will roll out through the Google Play Beta Program, with the version up to 2.22.17.12 while some...
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1.5KMicrosoft opens $27 million tech hub in Kenya
The multi-million facility will house the research, design, engineering, and innovation teams as well as the Microsoft Garage, an incubation hub launched...
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1.5KWhatsApp introduces emoji reactions in chats and group conversations
The new feature added means users will now be able to react to a message with an emoji as it is in...
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952Facebook allows calls for violence against ‘Russian invaders’
The policy decision from Facebook and Instagram's parent Meta was met immediately with controversy, but the social media giant defended its change.
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2.5KMTN Group adopts new logo, slogan as firm rebrands to full tech company
MTN’s Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer, Nompilo Morafo said the new look aligns with their evolution from a telecommunications company to...
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1.7K10 Best Content Creation Tools For Beginners and Social Media Marketers in 2022
If you plan on making a living off content creation, or if you are already in the online marketing industry, check out...
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1.6KFacebook owner Meta sees biggest ever stock market loss
The company’s share price slide saw chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth fall by $31bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.